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'''Khwaja Muhammad Yusuf''' (died 1902) was one of the top [[lawyer]]s and landowners of [[Aligarh]], a small but historically significant town in the ‘[[doab]]’ region of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in northern [[India]]. He was among the first Indian [[Muslims]] to understand the nature and gravity of the issues posed by contemporary European [[colonialism]]. He was an [[Liberal movements within Islam|Islamic liberal]] who believed that modern, Western-style education was essential for the survival of [[Indian Muslims]] in the contemporary world.<br />
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His elder son Yahya died as a young man, but Khwaja Yusuf made sure that his other son, [[Abdul Majeed Khwaja]], got the best possible English education. Abdul Majeed went on to study at [[Christ's College Cambridge]], [[University of Cambridge]], in [[England]]. There he forged a close friendship with, among others, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]].<br />
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Jawaharlal's father, [[Motilal Nehru]], was a practicing lawyer at the [[Allahabad High Court]] and a prominent and early advocate for India's freedom from [[British colonial rule]]. [[Motilal Nehru]] and Khwaja Muhammad Yusuf had a close personal and professional relationship. Abdul Majeed Khwaja went on to play a significant role in [[Indian independence movement|India's struggle for freedom]] from [[British colonial rule]]. He was a close and trusted confidant of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], India's founding father. Abdul Majeed was also a founding member of the [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], which is now a full-fledged university. He died in 1962.<br />
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Khwaja Muhammad Yusuf was also very close to his relative and friend, Maulvi Samiullah Khan, a scion of the Muslim elite of [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Delhi. Maulvi Samiullah was an accomplished oriental scholar and later District and Sessions Judge in [[Rae Bareilly]], also in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.<br />
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Both Khwaja Muhammad Yusuf and Maulvi Samiullah were early and influential supporters of [[Syed Ahmad Khan]], the visionary founder of the [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]], which eventually (1920) became the famous [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. Khwaja Muhammad Yusuf played an active role in the affairs of the Scientific Society formed by Syed Ahmad Khan to translate Western works into [[Urdu]]. Khwaja Yusuf was a major donor to the [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]] Fund Committee.<br />
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His nephew, [[Khwaja Abdul Hamied]], an industrial chemist and ardent [[Indian freedom fighter]], was the founder of [[cipla|CIPLA]] (1935), the pre-eminent fully indigenous [[pharmaceutical]] company of modern India.<br />
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Khwaja Muhammad Yusuf died in 1902 and was buried in the family graveyard adjacent to the shrine of the [[Sufism|Sufi]] saint, Shah Jamal, on the outskirts of [[Aligarh]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*http://www.JamalKhwaja.com<br />
*[http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/ Christ's College, Cambridge|Official Christ's College website]<br />
*[https://archive.org/details/mylifebeingtheau031135mbp My Life Being The Autobiography Of Nawab Server-Ul-Mulk Bahadur]<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/mylifebeingtheau031135mbp]<br />
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_lelyveld_aligarh2a.html Sharif Culture and British Rule]<br />
*[http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/01102002/0110200257.htm Dr K.A. Hamied]<br />
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